Little Girl with Amputated Arm Finds Her Best Friend in Three-Legged Kitten

That’s because the Tiptons, from the Trabuco Canyon area of Orange County, had been seeking such a special sort of pet for their daughter, a 2-year-old cancer survivor named Scarlette, for some time, said Animal Services spokesman John Welsh.

Scarlette lost her left arm due to a rare form of cancer that required amputation when she was 10 months old. “But she’s OK-just like you are too”.

She was born with an unusually large arm, and doctors later discovered she had an extremely rare form of cancer, our sister station KTLA reported.

As part of her ongoing journey of recovery, Scarlettes parents had been searching for a kitten for her. But not just any kitten.

Two women in Perris, Edith Rios and her daughter-in-law, Kelley Gonzalez, spotted Holly bleeding next to some shrubs, the kitten would have likely died. The department of animal services said it’s not sure how the kitten was injured, but believe she was either caught in the fan belt of a auto engine while seeking warmth or hit by a vehicle near the intersection of Wilson Avenue and Huckleberry Drive.

They learned about Holly by accident.

The family drove to the San Jacinto animal shelter to adopt the cat named Holly on Christmas Eve. Simone Tipton explained that her husband Matthew was watching the local news recently – which he never does – when Holly’s story came on. “Just like you. But she’s OK – just like you are too”.

“She’s actually the only one to ever have her exact type of cancer documented on earth”, Simone Tipton said. “We brought her home thinking she’d have trouble jumping on the couch and bed, but she’s just jumping around the house like it’s no big deal, climbing around and exploring”.

The kitten was originally called Holly by the animal sanctuary, but has since been renamed Doc by the Tipton family, after Scarlette’s favorite cartoon character “Doc McStuffins”.